aborning

adverb

1. in birth; before being carried out: The scheme died aborning.

adjective

2. being born; coming into being, fruition, realization, etc.: A new era of architecture is aborning.

adverb

1. US while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning)

adv.

1893, American English, from a- (1) + born + -ing (2).